Alpine weather conditions in Manchester, where the city has ground to a halt after an overnight dump of a few inches of the ‘wrong kind’ of snow. Buses and trams have been cancelled, schools shut, motorways are in chaos and lorries are apparently jack-knifing all over the shop.
My sister lives near Aviemore, in the Scottish highlands. They have had about 2ft of snow for weeks now….and you know what? Life goes on.